Car-coupling



(No M oooo H. P. CAMP. GAR COUPLING.

No. 604,227. Patented May 17, 1898 Nrrn STATES PATENT Fries.

HARRY F. CAMP, OF CARPENTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRED HENRY TRIPPE, OF CANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,227, dated May 17', 1898.

Application filed Septe nber 14, 1897. serial No. 651 ,635. (N model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY F. CAMP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carpenter, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Car-Couplers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the 'invention, such as will enable others skilled in IO the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

[ 5 My invention relates to improvements in automatic car-couplings and the object is to provide a simple, effective, and reliable device of this class.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the same 2 5 reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved car-coupling as it appears with the draw-heads coupled. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the draw-heads uncoupled, and Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of one of the couplingblocks detached from its draw-head.

1 and 2 represent the oppositely-disposed draw-heads, and, as one is a facsimile or ex- 3 5 act counterpart of the other, the description of one will of course answer for both.

3 represents the rounded end' of the drawhead, and 4 the approximately parallel guardarm, the space between them forming a re- 0 cess for the reception of the corresponding end 3 of the opposite draw-head.

5 represents a rectangular recess formedin the upper face of the draw-head, and its longitudinal wall 6 is beveled to form a sliding seat for the contiguous face 7 of the couplingblock 8, which is mounted on a pin 9, having a vertical and an oscillating movement in an orifice 11 in the forward end of said recess,

so as to permit said block to snugly fit said recess, and its forward end 12 projects into the recess 13 when the cars are coupled, as shown in Fig. 1.

14. represents a staple or screw eye on the coupling-block, and from it a chain or wire rope (not shown) extends to a convenient lever fixed on the end of the car, so that the cars may be uncoupled from the roof or side without the danger of going in between them.

15 represents a horizontal slot in the rounded end of the draw-head, and 16 a vertical hole to receive the ordinary link and coupling-pin when my improved coupling is coupled to a car having the ordinary link and pin.

17 represents a vertical semicircular recess formed in the inner face of the draw-head, and a corresponding alined recess is formed in the contiguous face of the opposite drawhead, the two recesses forming a circular orifice for the reception of a cylindrical coup- 7o ling should the usual coupling-blocks become damaged or destroyed.

It will be observed that the ring 18 in the lower end of the pin 9 limits the vertical movement of the coupling-block S to prevent it entirelyleaving the recess 5, so that when thedraw-heads come together the block will rise, and by reason of its beveled side coming in contact with the oppositely-beveled wall of the recess will slide back again and So look the draw-heads. When the cars are coupled, there is sufficient play longitudinally between the draw-heads to permit the cars to round the usual curves ofthe track.

Although I have particularly described the 8 5 construction of my improved car-coupling, I do not wish to be confined to the same, as it is evident that various modifications may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention. 0

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

An improved automatic car-coupling comprising the approximately U-shaped drawhead having one of its arms formed with ling-block in said draw-head, substantially the rectangular recess 5 having the beveled as shown and described.

IO Wall 6 and Vertical orifice 11 in combination In testimony whereof I affix my signature With the gravity coupling-block 12 formed in presence of two Witnesses. with the beveled face 7 and provided with the HARRY F. CAMP. vertical pin 9 journaled in said orifice 11 in Witnesses: the draw-head so as to permit of a Vertical N. B. PARSONS,

and an oscillating movement of said coupl OHA. A. BIDDLE. 

